Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one ...

Ashley Moody was sworn in as a U.S. senator on Tuesday ... becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.

Moody is just the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, and the first in nearly 40 years; Republican Paula Hawkins served in the chamber from 1981 to 1987. To date, 63 women have ...